Hergom HERITAGE Libro De Instrucciones Para Instalación, Mantenimiento Y Uso página 46

On the first lighting and the first time the stove is lit each season should be carried out as
described. Your patience will be rewarded with years of good operation from your stove.
NOTE: As the temperatures of the gases were low in the first lighting, the creosote
formed very fast. The glass in your door will have clouded up, and this will be cleaned by
another fire.
ORDINARY LIGHTING
Before lighting for normal operation, if your stove has not been used frequently for a long
time, it is best to follow the procedure for the first lighting, at least, to minimise the tensions of a
hot fire on a cold stove.
Before loading the stove, make sure the door to the ash tray is closed and the ash tray is
in place. If the ash tray door opens, the stove may overheat and be damaged.
Proceed as follows for normal lighting:
a) Open the door and place a couple of lighters in the bottom. Place some twigs crosed
over the lighters; place around 10 pieces with a diameter of 10/15 and a length of 25/40
cm.
b) Open the primary air control completely by sliding the control to the left.
c) Light the lighters. Leave the front door ajar, not completely closed, until the twigs begin to
burn and the draught begins to rise.
d) Close the door and allow the fire to light.
e) When the twigs have caught, open the door and add trunks, small at first, to form the fire.
Make sure that the wood is away from the glass so that the glass cleaning system works
correctly. Keep the front door and the ash tray door closed while the stove is working.
f) When the fire has lit well, use the primary air to regulate the required working range.
Slide the control to the left to achieve a high working range and to the right for a low
working range.
Note: When you open the door to load wood or move the trunks in the stove, it is best
to open it only a little at first, wait a few seconds and then open it completely. This procedure
will mean that the stove is smoke - free when you open the door completely, leaving the
room clear. Likewise, loading on a bed of red hot cinders reduces the smoke and will start
combustion rapidly.
COMBUSTION RANGES
HIGH COMBUSTION: Completely load the fire with wood on the bed of red hot cinders or
on the flames and open the primary air control completely. A high range is recommendable
once or twice a day to heat the chimney and the stove well, thus helping to avoid the creation
and accumulation of creosote.
MEDIUM COMBUSTION: Set the cam of the primary air to half, which is suitable for the
heat requirements of the area to be heated. This range is suitable when the stove is to be left
unattended.
LOW COMBUSTION: Close the primary air control for slow combustion. A low range
combustion for excessively long periods is not recommendable as it promotes the accumulation
of creosote.
The evacuation system must be inspected frequently if the low range combustion is
maintained continually.
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